Plagiarism was a severe offense in all universities. Any student who was caught with plagiarized work had to be put on immediate suspension pending investigation. It was almost as if we were getting trained to become perfectionists in academic work. This placed pressure on us, and most of us looked for various ways to deal with it. Some students spent money buying alcohol and other drugs to numb their pains. Others indulged in compulsive social events, whereby every weekend would find them…